The digestive system

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- When you eat, your body turns the food into
energy and extracts vitamins, minerals and
other nutrients to help it work properly.
- This process is called digestion. The parts of
the body that are involved in digestion are
called the digestive system.
- The digestive system is a pretty important
part of your body. Without it, you couldn't
Appendix get the nutrients you need to grow properly
and stay healthy.
 The Mouth

• The mouth is where digestion begins. Even before you eat, when you
smell a tasty food, see it, or think about it, digestion begins.
• Saliva or spit, begins to form in your mouth. It contains digestive juices
called enzymes to break down the starch in food.
 Esophagus
• When food leaves the mouth, it passes through
the pharynx into the esophagus.
• The esophagus is the muscular tube that
gradually pushes food down to the stomach.
• The wall of the esophagus releases a thick,
sticky liquid called mucus.
• This mucus helps the body absorb the food you
eat. It also lubricates the esophagus so food
moves easily to the stomach.
 Stomach
• The stomach is a bean-shaped, hollow muscular
organ that contains digestive acids.
• The walls of the stomach are thick and elastic.
• It has three important jobs:
- to store the food you've eaten
- to break down the food into a liquidity mixture
- to slowly empty that liquidity mixture into the
small intestine
 The Small intestine
• The small intestine is a long tube.
• If you stretched out an adult's small
intestine, it would be about 22 feet long
(7 meters).
• The small intestine breaks down the food
mixture even more so your body can
absorb all the nutrients.
 The Large intestine
• The large intestine is fatter than the small
intestine and it's almost the last stop on
the digestive tract.
• Like the small intestine, it is packed into
the body, and would measure 5 feet (about
1.5 meters) long if you spread it out.
• The solid waste stays here until you are
ready to go to the bathroom.
 Liver
• The liver is the largest gland in the body,
weighing about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) in an adult.
• The liver has many roles in the digestive
system.
• It produces a green fluid called bile, which
breaks down fats.
• It removes wastes and toxins from the body.
• It breaks down nutrients and stores some
vitamins and minerals.
 Pancreas
• The pancreas is located below the
stomach.
• It produces a mixture of enzymes
that together are called pancreatic
juice.
• Pancreatic juice also helps us to
digest proteins, fats and
carbohydrates.
 Gall bladder
• The gall bladder is a pouch-shaped
organ that stores the bile produced
by the liver.
• When bile is needed, it moves
through the common bile duct into
the first part of the small intestine.
• It is here that the bile breaks down
fat.
Salivary Gland 1.
5. Esophagus

Liver 2. 6. Stomach

7. Pancreas
Gall Bladder 3.
8. Small intestine

Large intestine 4. 9 Rectum